That Twine Binder

The Minneapolis Harvester Binder HAS ESTABLISHED ITS SUPERIORITY For close cutting, to secure lodged and short grain. For absolute certainty in binding, using the least twine, and binding tightest bundles. For perfect separation of bundles, uniform in size, allowing better shocking and stacking. For a Reel easily adjusted. while in motion, to all positions required, … Read more

Reason No. 2

Reason No. 2 – Why Minneapolis Celebrates week of July 2 to 8. Because it has more manufacturing, giving steady employment in proportion to population than other cities, there being over 1,000 manufacturing concerns in 137 lines of industry, with 20,000 skilled laborers on payrolls that aggregate $15,000,000 annually; capital, $80,000,000.

Lutheran on Lyndale

BETHLEHAM LUTHERAN CHURCH OF MINNEAPOLIOS LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH at 41st STREET So long as stone remains upon stone and so long as this congregation continues its work shall this Church building be dedicated to the glory of God.

Axel’s Lunch Room

Axel Anderson opened up Axel’s Lunch Room at 2217 East Lake Street in 1912. The restaurant served railway workers from the nearby Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad yard and Twin City Rapid Transit employees from the Lake Street Station across street. Axel came to America from Sweden in 1888. He got his start in … Read more

Aqua City

The Aqua City Motel 5739 Lyndale Ave. So., U. S. Hwy. 65 MINNEAPOLIS 19, MINN. 10 Minutes to Downtown On the best Bus Line Phone: Taylor 3-5247 — 20 Units, Air-Conditioned, AAA Approved Carpeted, Fireproof Rooms — Ceramic Baths and Showers Free TV and Phone in every room.

Gas Stations: Where have they gone?

Decades before Holiday Station Stores, Pump and Munch, Super America an British Petroleum came up over the horizon, South Minneapolis was littered with tiny independently owned service stations. Many of these little building are still standing. Some have been repurposed as law offices, flowers shops, permaculture cafes and acupuncture clinics. Their parking lots and driveways … Read more

Sail Away!

SAILING INSIDE CITY LIMITS lake Calhoun, Minneapolis—This is one of the recreational pastimes which can be found in three of the large lakes near to the heart of the city. LAKE CALHOUN Minneapolis, Minnesota. — One of 22 lakes within the City. Canoes and bikes may be rented and rides may be taken on a … Read more

The Granada on Lagoon Then and Now

The Mediterranean Revival was first introduced in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. It became popular during the 1920s and 1930s. The style evolved from renewed interest in the Italian Renaissance architecture of palaces and seaside villas dating from the sixteenth century. The Grananda was built in 1929. For many years … Read more

Ascending Park Avenue

Park Avenue— in the 1870s this lovely thoroughfare was better known as Russell Street it was renamed Park Avenue in 1888. A stylish boulevard of urban estates offering a wide street, generous setbacks, and spacious lots, the handsome residence street corresponds to 7th Av. S., south from 10th St. Park Avenue is 100 feet wide … Read more